Jared Self
Outsourced Controller & Python Developer at Giving5
Orem, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Self is an outsourced controller and Python developer with nine years of experience blending CFO-level accounting expertise with hands-on automation and QuickBooks integrations. He authors popular tools like the quickbooks-desktop Python library and SyncFreedom, which streamline connections between Python apps and QuickBooks Desktop/Online and are distributed via PyPI. Jared has driven measurable efficiency gains—saving clients hundreds of labor hours—across industries including manufacturing, fashion, wholesale, and e-commerce by building custom automations, data warehouses, and accounting workflows. He teaches accountants to code through AccountingPy, helping finance teams adopt reproducible, programmatic approaches to reporting and analysis. Based in Orem, Utah, Jared pairs practical bookkeeping and controller experience with production-grade Python development, often acting as the bridge between finance teams and engineering.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
AA Accounting/Business General, AA Accounting/Business General at Ensign College Bachelors Degree Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration, Bachelors Degree Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration at Western Governors UniversityBachelors Degree Accounting, Bachelors Degree Accounting at Utah Valley University
Github Skills (4)
solidworks10
python8
erp7
odoo6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
selfjared1/syncfreedom-lib
Oct 2022 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 release, 9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
selfjared1/quickbooks_desktop
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:1 release, 27 commits, 191 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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